Phone Number formatting in Textbox

[Rekha]

When I try to set formatting to (###) ###-#### for a textbox, it still returns an unformatted string.

I would appreciate it, if you could let me know how I can set the formatting for telephone number in the report textbox.

[Sony Telkar]

I guess this should solve your problem.
String.Format(”{0:(###) ###-####}”, 18005551212);

 

Also you can visit this link. It could be helpful.
http://blog.stevex.net/index.php/string-formatting-in-csharp/

 

[Rekha]

Thanks for the reply Sony. When I try to set the fomat property like you suggested, it returns the unformatted string. Also in the Value type my options are either numeric or date time. I am dealing with a string in a field called Phone and when I set the property to string.format("{0: (###) ###-####}",fields.Phone), I get my setting returned verbatim.

[Chavdar]

Hi Rekha,

Custom numeric formats are applicable only for numeric data so you cannot use them to format a string. To achieve the expected result you can use a user defined function and format the value with the help of the string methods.

Greetings,
Chavdar
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[Penny]

I've had success with this:

Format("{0:(###) ###-####}", CDbl(Fields.PrimaryContact.PhoneNumber)

[dave]

In the format field, select custom format, enter: [phone]
In the value field, enter CDbl(Fields.PhoneNumber)